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S'Mores Cake

If you love the amazing combination of chocolate, marshmallow, and graham crackers then you are going to love this S'mores Cake! This homemade cake has homemade graham cracker cake, homemade chocolate ganache, homemade marshmallow buttercream frosting, and homemade marshmallow fluff.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword s'mores cake
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings 18
Calories 888kcal
Author Lauren

Ingredients

Graham Cracker Cake Ingredients

Ganache Ingredients

  • 6 oz Hershey chocolate
  • 6 oz heavy cream

Marshmallow buttercream Ingredients

Homemade Marshmallow Fluff Ingredients

Instructions

How to Make Graham Cracker Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Grease Two 8" can pans and lightly flour the pans making sure to tap out any extra flour.
  • In a medium bowl whisk together the graham cracker crumbs, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  • Cream the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar together on medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  • Turn the speed down to medium and slowly incorporate the eggs one in at a time.
  • With a rubber spatula scrap down the sides of the bowl and add in the vanilla.
  • Alternate mixing the dry ingredients and the buttermilk into the batter until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
  • Evenly divided the batter between the two cake pan.
  • Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean from the middle.

How to Make chocolate Ganache

  • Chop up your chocolate into small pieces and place it in a heat safe bowl.
  • In a small sauce pot bring the heavy cream just to a boil.
  • Pour it over the bowl of chocolate.
  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the cream sit on the chocolate for a minute.
  • Stir the ganache in small circles until the cream and the chocolate are fully combined.

How to Make Marshmallow Fluff

  • In a medium sauce pan combine your water, sugar and corn syrup. Place your candy thermometer into the mixtures making sure it is not touching the bottom for your pan. Bring the mixture up to a boil over medium high heat.
  • In the clean bowl of your mixer combine the egg whites and cream of tartar together with the whisk attachment.
  • Once your sugar mixture reaches 225 degrees turn your mixer on high and whip your egg whites until they have formed soft peeks.
  • Remove your sugar mixture from the heat when it reaches 240 degrees. Turn your mixer back on to medium speed and slowly stream the sugar into the egg whites.
  • Turn your mixer up to high speed and let them fluff back up for about seven minutes.
  • Whisk in your vanilla until well combined divide into 2 bowls. Half will be used to make the marshmallow buttercream and the other for the outside of the cake.

How to Make Marshmallow Buttercream

  • Place your butter in the bowl of your mixer. Cream the butter until smooth.
  • Slowly add in your sugar 1/2 cup at a time until its all incorporated.
  • Add in the almond extract.
  • Carefully fold the marshmallow fluff into the butter mixture until well incorporated.

How to Make S'Mores Cake

  • Allow the cake to cool completely. While the cake is cooling make the marshmallow buttercream, marshmallow fluff and chocolate Ganache.
  • Slice the cakes in half so you are left with four layers.
  • Place your first layer of cake on your cake board or plate. Spread half of the marshmallow buttercream on top of that layer of cake.
  • Top the buttercream layer with a layer of cake. Spread the ganache on top of that layer.
  • Top the ganache layer with a layer of cake. Spread the last half of the buttercream on that layer.
  • Top the buttercream with a layer of cake.
  • Spread the fluff all over the outside of the cake making sure its all even.
  • Hold your torch about an inch away from the fluff and carefully brown the outside.

Nutrition

Calories: 888kcal | Carbohydrates: 159g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 107mg | Sodium: 499mg | Potassium: 199mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 141g | Vitamin A: 844IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 88mg | Iron: 1mg